Curtain-draper.



' WITNESSES No. 867,379. PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907.

' J. KAUYFMANNQ CURTAIN DRAPEB APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1907.

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JOHN KAUFMANN, OF PRAIRIE DU SAC, WISCONSIN.

CURTAIN-DRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed May 6,1907. Serial No. 372.169.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KAUFMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie du Sac, in the county of Sank and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Draper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for draping curtains, portieres, and the like, and it has for its object to provide a simple device of this character that is so constructed that it is capable of being readily applied to a window or door casing without the necessity of screws or other fastening devices, and it may be so applied and removed relatively to the curtain that soiling thereof is avoided, the devices being so simple in construction that they may be readily made by machinery, enabling them to be made and sold at a nominal price.

To these and other ends, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and'pointed out particularly in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a curtain draper constructed in acccordance with the present invention, the device being shown applied to a window casing. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are perspective views of other forms of the invention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Curtain drapers constructed in accordance with the present invention are so constructed that they are capable of obtaining a hold on the facing strip or other suitable portion of a window or door casing, so as to avoid the necessity of applying screws or other devices to secure them in place, and it avoids defacing of the casing.

The curtain device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of a suitable piece of resilient material, such as spring steel, nickel plated or otherwise finished, the intermediate portion 1 of the device being preferably of a length equivalent approximately to the width of the facing strip or other part of the casing which it is to engage, the ends of the metal being bent substantially at right angles and to the same side of the intermediate portion to form a pair of parallel clamping arms 2 and 3 which have a normal tendency to proximate under the action of the intermediate portion, the latter assuming a slightly bowed shape when the device is not in use. The ends of the clamping arms 2 and 3 ar'e turned substantially at right angles to their respective arms to form a pair of parallel vertical extensions 4 and 5, the latter, and portions of the clamping arms, being preferably covered by the tubes of rubber or other material 6 and 7, in order that those portions of the window casing that are engaged by these parts may not be marred or other- Wise injured.

In applying the device, the curtain to be draped is confined between the clamping arms and the intermediate portion, the device being then applied to the window casing in such a manner that the clamping arms and the vertical extensions thereof engage the opposite sides 8 and 9 of the casing strip or other suitable part 10 of the window casing, the vertical extensions resting against the wall or other portion 11 the surface of which extends in a plane substantially at right angles to the. surfaces 8 and 9 with which the clamping arms cooperate.

The proximating tendency of the clamping arms produces a friction that is sufficient to firmly support the device in cooperative relation with the window casing or other support, the vertical extensions 4 and 5 extending preferably in a' direction downwardly from the device and cooperating with the wall or other portion 11 to prevent tilting of the device in a given plane, and after the device has been properly positioned, the curtain will be draped or hung in anydesired manner.

Instead of forming the intermediate portion of the device substantially straight, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be provided with a loop 12, as shown in Fig. 3, which will afford additional resiliency to the clamping arms and also provide a handle by means of which the device may be manipulated. The intermediate portion of the device may also be provided with a coil or convolution 13, as shown in Fig. 4, which also affords additional resiliency and provides a handle, the loops or coils just described being arranged at points substantially midway between the clamping arms 3. However, if so desired, a loop 14 may be formed in the connecting portion at a point adjacent to one of the clamping arms, the open loops shown in Figs. 3 and 5 being capable of receiving the curtain, thus enabling portieres or other relatively heavy curtains to be accommodated.

Curtain draping devices such as those shown in the present embodiment of the invention may be manufactured either of spring wire, as shown, or they may be made of stock that is flat in cross section, the devices in either case being simple in construction and capable of being manufactured very cheaply by means of automatic wire bending machines, and they may be made and used either with or without the relatively soft covering, although it is preferable to employ means that will prevent scratching or marring of the window casing or other part to which the devices are applied.

What is claimed is:-

1. A curtain draper composed of a strip of resilient ma terialhaving an intermediate spring portion and forming substantially straight curtain engaging portions extending in opposite directions, the ends of the strip being thence bent laterally of the intermediate portion to form a pair of substantially parallel clamping arms both arranged at the same side of the intermediate portion, and steadying arms formed by bending both ends of the strip downwardly from their respective clamping arms.

2. A curtain draper composed of a strip of resilient material having an intermediate spring portion adapted to receive a curtain, a pair of cooperatively arranged clamping arms turned at substantially right angles from the same side of the intermediate portion and extending parallel to one another, the ends of the clamping arms being extended in the same direction transverse to the plane occupied by the intermediate portion and arms and substantially in parallelism.

3. A curtain draper composed of a strip of resilient Inaterial having an intermediate portion provided with a bend or spring portion curtain receiving portions arranged substantially in alineinent at opposite sides oi the spring portion. and a pair of clamping arms extending laterally and in the same direction from one side of the respective cur tain receiving portions.

4. A curtain draper composed of a strip of resilient nla ierial having an intermediate spring portion. curtain oning arms turned at: substantially right angles from the same side of the ends oi the curtain on, gin portions, the ends of the clamping arms being extended in the same direction transverse to the plane occupied by the intermediate portion and arms and substantially in parallelism, and coverings of relatively soft material applied to the clamping arms and their extensions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own. I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. 

